by Liane Davey | Jan 23, 2022 | Team Effectiveness, Toxic Workplaces
Is your team dynamic toxic? Does it detract from your ability to get the job done? Is it ripping you and your colleagues apart? Or just ripping you apart? Maybe it’s not that extreme. Maybe it’s not insufferable, but it sure is unpleasant. Or maybe you think...
by Liane Davey | Jan 19, 2022 | Personal Effectiveness, Resources, Team Leadership
Delegation Checklist Many managers choose to forego delegation and to do the work themselves. The justifications range from “if you want it done right, do it yourself,” to “I don’t have time for this. It’ll be faster if I just do it.” That’s not a good choice. Start...
by Liane Davey | Oct 17, 2021 | About teams, Be a better team member, Contribute, How to fix teams, Meetings, Strategy & Planning, Team Effectiveness
Since the advent of nuclear weapons, there have been several incidents where false alarms might have caused a cascade to global thermonuclear annihilation. One such episode was triggered by a flock of Canada geese, one by meteor showers, one by a malfunctioning chip,...
by Liane Davey | May 23, 2021 | About teams, Be a better team member, Conflict, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Team Effectiveness
Last week, I talked about the toxic phenomenon of bullying in the workplace. Based on a few comments on my LinkedIn post, it’s clear that long-term, aggressive, harmful bullying is something we need to worry about. If you didn’t get a chance to learn about the three...
by Liane Davey | May 16, 2021 | About teams, Bad Leaders, Horror Stories, How to fix teams, Personal Effectiveness, Right Words to Say, Team Effectiveness, Toxic Workplaces
The term “bullying” gets bandied about liberally in conversations about team dysfunction. For what it’s worth, I believe too liberally. How often do you hear someone claiming to be bullied? Bullying is an extremely serious, toxic dynamic that causes profound stress...
by Liane Davey | Mar 21, 2021 | Connect, Team Effectiveness, Team Trust
I was giving a speech to the leaders of a large teaching hospital. We were talking about conflict and difficult relationships when one of the directors of an in-patient unit shared her frustration with one of the leaders from the emergency department. “She just calls...
